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a look at the economic and security issues they ll discuss in tonight s the week ahead. plus he helps solve some of the most heinous crimes of the civil rights era. we are headed to mississippi to meet journalist jerry mitchell. and it s london s version of oscar night. the british academy film awards honors hollywood s best. the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia could set up a political battle for the ages. a day after the 79-year-old was found debt of an apparent heart attack at a texas ranch, filling his shoes has become the topic of discussion on capitol hill. senior white house correspondent mike viqueira joins us live from washington, d.c. and, mike, this quickly became a hot topic for the presidential candidates. reporter: you are absolutely right, lori jane, it s only about about 24 hours since this news brock. this shocking news that took america by surprise, certainly took the white house and congress by surprise the death of justin anton ....
this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i m stephanie sy. preparations are underway today for the funeral of supreme court justice anton sale i can t. his body is now in virginia, the unexpected passing sparked a political battle. the president intends to nominate a successor. many republicans say the next president should be making that nomination. al jazeera has the story. i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate adjusts in due time. a simple announcement that has ignite a firestorm of controversy, even before the supreme court officially confirmed that justice scalia died, republican presidential candidate ted cruz put out a statement saying president obama should not name a replacement for justice scalia. saturday night, it was the only issue the candidates agree on. i think it s up to mitch mcconnell and everybody else to stop it, it s called delay, delay, delay. there s been a precedent that in the last year especially ....
and the fbi break into an iphone that belongs to a killer. and zlatan ibrahimovic on target, as his team beats chelsea. a full round up of tuesday s matches coming up. china has been accused of deploying an advanced surface to airline system in the woody island in the south china sea. the allegation is supported by the u.s. thailand officials. the the u.s. says it s a fabrication. this is a satellite image with the island. the picture shows building work, including a run way. the island is part of a chain which has been under chinese controlled for 40 years, and is also owned by taiwan and invite axe. beijing says it owns the spratley islands and the scarborough alcohol. to the anger of philippines, malaysia and brunei. the red indicates china s claim to the territorial waters. translation: i think the south china sea, the region everyone pays attention to, it is a comparatively tense situation. we call on all sides to stick to the principal of resolving the dispu ....
the pentagon and taiwan say beijing put surface to air missiles on a dispute island and it happened as president obama was meeting with south asian world. welcome to your world. i m stephanie sy. i m del walters, china s foreign minister says the western media is hyping the issue but does not deny the presence of the missiles. it s been detected on woody island. they are claiming the island and china is building on it. reporter: china s response bears scrutiny. the foreign minister in a statement said western media was hiving or manufacturing stories, but did not deny that the ad took place, as they say, two surface to missile batteries has been deployed on the island. translation: i hope that media everywhere, including those in western countries will bring your attention to the lighthouses that we have built on some of the islands in in the south china sea. which have been very useful in ensuring the safety of the pagers in those water passengers in those wate ....
break into an iphone that belonged to a mass killer. i i ll have all of your sport, including this multi-million dollars deal. so convoys of aid trucks are on their way into besieged syrian areas. this humanitarian operation, which materialized yesterday, some of the trucks are heading towards eastern syria, in idlib province, aid will be delivered to two villages, while on the south, much needed medical and food supplies will be let into several other towns. live now to zana hoda. she is monitoring all of these developments. it took some time, zana, but it is happening. it s a start at least. reporter: undoubtedly progress kamal, those aid trucks heading to the besieged areas, but this deal doesn t involve sustained aid deliveries, and people on the ground are hoping for some sort of humanitarian corridor to remain open, because ak according to them they are dying, in madaya alone 44 people have starved to death. so much needed aid. the agreement that was r ....